Recent changes in extreme precipitation and drought over the Songhua River Basin, China, during 1960-2013

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-152

  Song, Xiaoyan ^a   Song, Songbai ^a   Sun, Wenyi ^a   Mu, Xingmin ^a   Wang, Shuangyin ^a   Li, Jiuyi ^b   Li, Yi ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; Extreme precipitation; Songhua River Basin

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

EXTREME CLIMATES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; SONGHUA RIVER BASINS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; SONGHUA BASIN;

EID: 84922582320     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.01.022     Document Type: Article

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